Spanish to English: Poster for the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism

Source text - SpanishPastoralism
Pastoralism is a sophisticated adaptation to resource poor environments around the world.

Pastoralism can be described as extensive ruminant livestock production, characterized by some form of mobility or transhumance. A commonly used rule of thumb is that pastoralist households are those in which at least 50% of household gross revenue (including income and consumption) comes from livestock or livestock-related activities.

Pastoralists are a large and significant minority, and often an ethnic minority, in many countries around the world. Nomadic and transhumant pastoralists may number between 100 and 200 million people globally. If extensive agro-pastoralists are included, the number rises very sharply and they are a clear majority of dryland inhabitants.

Nomadic pastoralism used to be thought of as an intermediate development stage: a historical anomaly practiced by people who had been left behind by evolution. Modern archaeological research shows this is untrue. Animal domestication took place at the same time as, or later than, the domestication of plants. Nomadic pastoralism developed as a specialised form of production to allow the productive use of extensive seasonal rangelands. Pastoralism is no more archaic than agriculture itself, and mobility was a feature from the beginning, allowing herders to use rich resources away from the early settlements.

In parts of southern Europe, and even more in central Asia following de-collectivization, there is an ongoing resurgence of transhumant pastoralism. There is growing realisation that mobile pastoralism is a viable and modern livelihood and people are reverting to ways of living which a generation ago were thought to be on the verge of extinction.

Pastoralism is one of the few truly environmentally friendly production systems if it is supported with appropriate policies and laws.

Translation - EnglishEl pastoralismo (**NOTE** Normally the word "pastoreo" would be used, but the client has already adopted the use of the word "pastoralismo")

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